[sklett]

Obnoxiously simple Suite Bundle available!

View Mode Button

Suite Bundle with a single script (Client) that will add a View button to records when in Edit mode. My users often “want to get to view mode” and will either save a clean record to get there, hack the &e=T out of the URL or re-navigate to the record and take the View option.

Please understand, this is a dead-simple script that anyone could create in 5 minutes. I packaged it up in a SuiteBundle so others could quickly and easily add the same functionality should they so desire.

It’s also a simple example of client scripts records and deployment records, javascript encapsulation and some various nlapi methods.

Enjoy.
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[bushytail]

RE: New SuiteBundle: View mode button

Hi Steve,

Sounds good. Where can we find it?

[sklett]

RE: New SuiteBundle: View mode button

I’m not sure if this is the correct way to install it or not, but try this:Setup > Customization > Install Bundle
Select Production Account
Enter 483002

You should then see it listed there.

[derekzanga]

RE: New SuiteBundle: View mode button

Sounds great! I looked at the bundle and the list seems to include a lot of extra lists/records/files/etc. beyond the View suitebundle.

[JMUnderwood]

RE: New SuiteBundle: View mode button

Originally posted by sklett

Obnoxiously simple Suite Bundle available!

View Mode Button

Suite Bundle with a single script (Client) that will add a View button to records when in Edit mode. My users often “want to get to view mode” and will either save a clean record to get there, hack the &e=T out of the URL or re-navigate to the record and take the View option.

Steve,

Thanks for sharing. I’m sure this will be helpful to many people for variety of reasons/uses.

However, I’m a bit confused about one thing: Exactly what is the use case that you mentioned?

Do you mean, for example, that if the user EDITs a Customer record, but doesn’t want or need to save, he/she just wants to VIEW the customer record, then you new custom VIEW button would take them to view mode of the same record?

If so, how would this be different from just clicking on the Recent Records icon?

[sklett]

RE: New SuiteBundle: View mode button

Originally posted by derekzanga

Sounds great! I looked at the bundle and the list seems to include a lot of extra lists/records/files/etc. beyond the View suitebundle.

Yeah, someone just clued me into that via email and I was really surprised. At some point I saw a preview of what would be included and it was just a single script file and script record (I think) so I don’t know what I changed that dragged ALL that other, non-public stuff into the picture.

I have made the SuiteBundle private and may just delete it if I can’t find a way to simply include the single file I intended.

Thanks for the heads up.

[sklett]

RE: New SuiteBundle: View mode button

Originally posted by JMUnderwood

Steve,

Thanks for sharing. I’m sure this will be helpful to many people for variety of reasons/uses.

However, I’m a bit confused about one thing: Exactly what is the use case that you mentioned?

Do you mean, for example, that if the user EDITs a Customer record, but doesn’t want or need to save, he/she just wants to VIEW the customer record, then you new custom VIEW button would take them to view mode of the same record?

If so, how would this be different from just clicking on the Recent Records icon?

Hi Jim,

It primarily deals with this question I get from my users:

How do I view a record once in edit mode? There is an edit button, why not a view button?

Of course I’ve shown them the various ways you can “get to view mode” but they never seem too terribly satisfied with the answer.

It didn’t happen often but enough that I got tired of it. I knew how simple it would be so I figured “why not”. I find that I even use it now that it’s there.

[sklett]

RE: New SuiteBundle: View mode button

I see what happened. I added additional deployments to the script for our internal use and since the bundle is installed from our account it seems to have included the entire dependency chain (including my library files!)

I just deleted those deployments and pushed the bundle to the SuiteSource repository. Now I can recreate the deployments in my account and it shouldn’t drag everything into the public one.

[cwilson]

Steve,

Your button just solved one of our issues outstanding (ability to view Credit Memos before posting to G/L) for a large implementation. Kudos to you since it took hours to find the simple script you have but well worth the hunt.

Thanks,

CW

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